The best Character Show in NYC! Character Night delivers wild characters, killer impressions, & hilarious bits from the city's best talent.

Get ready for a night of hilarious characters, stand-up comedy, and live music at "A VERY SKETCHY NIGHT: Variety Comedy Show!"

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Named one of the best character shows in NYC, Character Night is a one hour showcase of original characters, impressions, and bits featuring some of the most driven, imaginative, and funny performers here in NYC.

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Two powerhouse sketch teams. One uproarious hour. Endless laughs!

👻 Ghost Girl has been delivering surreal, twisted, and wildly imaginative comedy since 2022. Operating on the logic of your favorite Saturday morning cartoons, they dive into everything from therapy and tech to—you guessed it—magic cats.

🍺 Milwaukee!, a beloved New York City staple, is witty, silly, and just a teensy bit frisky. They’ve been making audiences laugh across the country with their playful, unpredictable sketches since 2018.

Together, Ghost Girl and Milwaukee! have taken stages by storm at SF Sketchfest, Austin Sketchfest, Montreal Sketchfest, The Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, The Portland Sketch Comedy Festival, Philly Sketchfest, and more.

You've seen these performers on Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock, Inside Amy Schumer, and popping up in commercials everywhere. Their writing has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Sports Illustrated, Reductress, and The Onion.

Follow them on Instagram: @ghostgirlsketchcomedy & @milwaukeesketchcomedy.

Directed by: Dennis Pacheco (Ghost Girl) and Shem Pennant (Milwaukee!)

Quicksand (Julia and James) join a lineup of improv duos for a night of good fun

Improv duo Style (Steph Jacobson & Kyle Shamblin) invites another improv duo to be In Style each show. Fashionably funny. Stylishly silly. Comfortably chaotic.

An unruly bunch of improvisers are randomly drafted onto teams to perform completely unscripted comedy.

"Brody Went Missing" is a roadtrip comedy play about Brody's best friends, Angie and Doug. Brody is the coolest guy in Langstown. And he's about to take over the most successful party store in town from his mother. He has it all. So Angie and Doug are understandably confused when he leaves a note telling them he's leaving town forever. They hit the road to find answers, blasting tunes and meeting an eclectic cast of characters along the way.

Starring Florence Friebe and Matt Stephens with Andy Fitch, Julia Schroeder, Levi Smiley, and Carl Thompson.

Featuring Ben Anderson, Ryan Barker, Matthew Fay, Marcus Haugen, Steve Malden, Janice McIntyre, Scott Richey, Richard Templeton, and Kevin Tully.

Written and directed by Matt Stephens.

Presented by the New York Comedy Festival

Writers and producers at The Daily Show, The Tonight Show, and more of the best comedians in New York City come together for Time to Kill: A Sketch Comedy Show — with each performance packed with sketches, musical numbers, celebrity impressions, and more! If I Think You Should Leave’s Tim Robinson had octuplets, it would be the cast of “Time to Kill.” One thing they all have in common? They KILL it onstage.

Caveat is proud to announce that Time to Kill: A Sketch Comedy Show! is now a monthly Saturday prime-time sketch comedy residency at the theater!

Time to Kill was recently rec’d by Time Out NY as “one of the best things to do in NYC” and the NY Times just rec’d the show as “What to Do in NYC.” The team’s live sketch comedy credits include: 2024 SF Sketchfest, 2023 NY SketchFest (headliners), 2024 Hudson Valley Comedy Festival (headliners), and 2023 NY Comedy Festival. Members of Time to Kill performed their original sketches on NBC’s comedy series Bring the Funny across several episodes with Kenan Thompson, Chrissy Teigen, Amanda Seales, and Jeff Foxworthy.

Produced by Brandon Collins
Produced by Claire Lichtenstein

Named one of the best character shows in NYC and consistently picked up by TimeOut New York, Character Night is a one hour showcase of original characters, impressions, and bits featuring some of the most driven, imaginative, and funny performers here in NYC.

This month’s show is hosted by Grant Mulitz (Clickhole, Funny Or Die, UCB, Hard Drive, Duty Free Live!) and Nat Towsen (The Tonight Show) with performances by Amanda Xeller (Lifetime Achievement Award Montreal Sketchfest '22), Christopher Morucci (Discount Disco, Duty Free Live!, Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Derrick Matthew Gary (UCB Betty), Jon Lu (UCB Betty Night, BoogieManja), Julia Schroeder (The Tonight Show, Story Pirates), Liz Olear (Pretty Polly's Freak Show, Good Evening), & RJ Williams (Sheen The Musical, The Second City, Baby Wants Candy, Shamilton).

Welcome to The Improv Draft! An unruly bunch of improvisers have been randomly drafted onto teams to perform a night of long-form improv comedy. Everything is unscripted, made up on the spot, and inspired by suggestions from the audience.

The See You Later Show is a stupidly silly take on a late night television show. From desk pieces like “Let’s Get Graphic” where host Rachel Niswander shares her latest comedic graphs, to Weekend Update-style character interviews with the “Guy Who Definitely Didn’t Tase Himself in the Balls”, the most fun components of late-night TV are combined into one show.

While each “episode” features new guests, several characters and sketches featured on shows in the past have also been featured in the Montreal Sketchfest, Sketch Night at the DC Improv, Austin Sketchfest, and the Seattle Sketchfest Fall Stream.

Featuring: Rachel Niswander, Josh Blume, Julia Schroeder, Rebecca Skowron, Devin O’Neill, Michelle Chan Bennett, Jetta Juriansz, and more TBD!

Epic livestream from the greatest character show in the world. Julia will do a character in the lineup heck ya

Quicksand (Julia Schroeder and James Quesada) improv is not to be missed. Clown prov, organic, pure love :)

Cast members of the podcast 'Sounds Funny Radio' have been given a day pass to leave the recording studio. And they chose to spend it on stage doing improv! Unplugged and off the record, witness the talent pool that Chartable.com calls "Somewhere between #24 and #180 on the Apple Podcasts United States of America Improv chart"

QuickSand is a duo made up of James Quesada and Julia Schroeder. Their shows blend true-to-life characters with unpredictable departures into meta play and Clown-prov.

Looper is an improvised scene on repeat. The team will improvise one scene, and then recreate it over and over again for the entire show. Strap in for a surreal journey as they create a copy of a copy, indulge in their failures, and spiral into absurdity and madness.

Gander is an improv team made up of New York improvisers who are originally from Michigan. Catch their triumphant return at DIF 2024

Gander is an improv team made of Michigan-born and bred improvisers

Welcome to the BCC's longest-running haus improv show - where everything is totally made up on the spot, for one night only. Each week a cast member gets to play team captain and decide what special rules for that show would make them laugh. Sit back, relax, and watch the chaos unfold.

Viper Eagles (Julia Schroeder, James Quesada, Valerie Ward, Nicole Pascaretta) defend their title in June’s Theatresports improv competition

Theatresports™ is the fast-paced improv show where two teams of improvisers will compete against each other, taking your suggestions to perform hilarious scenes, songs, games and more! YOU may even be brought up on stage to help them out! Boo the Judges as they score each teams scene and bring them farther or closer to winning the night! At the end of the show, one team will be crowned the winner based on the judges total scores. This show has been done all around the world and is a perfect way to start your Night in New York!

The cult favorite character comedy show, Main Character Energy, moves this June to the newly opened The Second City Blackbox! Co-hosted by Chloe Bivona (Impractical Jokers) and Caitlin Briody (Strong Female Lead), this performance will feature original comedic character monologues from Lily Blumkin (The Daily Show), Julia Schroeder (Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon), Jeremy Pinson (The Hot Folder), Liam Caplan (Paranormal Caught on Camera), Devin Bockrath (Olestra), and Edson Montenegro (UCB). Come and see what audiences have called “an exercise in blind egotism” and “a seriously delusional group of people.”

Writers and producers at The Daily Show, The Tonight Show, and more of the best comedians in New York City come together for Time to Kill: A Sketch Comedy Show — with each performance packed with sketches, musical numbers, celebrity impressions, and more! If I Think You Should Leave’s Tim Robinson had octuplets, it would be the cast of “Time to Kill.” One thing they all have in common? They KILL it onstage.

Caveat is proud to announce that Time to Kill: A Sketch Comedy Show! is now a monthly Saturday prime-time sketch comedy residency at the theater!

Time to Kill was recently rec'd by Time Out NY as "one of the best things to do in NYC" and the NY Times just rec'd the show as "What to Do in NYC." The team's live sketch comedy credits include: 2024 SF Sketchfest, 2023 NY SketchFest (headliners), 2024 Hudson Valley Comedy Festival (headliners), and 2023 NY Comedy Festival. Members of Time to Kill performed their original sketches on NBC’s comedy series Bring the Funny across several episodes with Kenan Thompson, Chrissy Teigen, Amanda Seales, and Jeff Foxworthy.

This month stars America's sweethearts Rachael Burke (The Tonight Show), James Caven (The PIT), McKenna Cox (Story Pirates), Scott Hercman (The Daily Show), J. Steven Madura (The PIT), Nick Reichheld (NBC's Bring the Funny), Julia Schroeder (Story Pirates), Channing Tookes (The Armory), and stand-up from viral violinist and comedian Isabel Hagen!

Looper is an improv comedy show where the actors recreate one scene over and over again! With additional improv teams and a musical guest.

Hooper mashes up two teams of seven of the greatest improvisers in the world

Quicksand the improv duo (Julia Schroeder and James Quesada) for the iconic Chicago based improv show The Good Time

Following in the footsteps of his heroes, Benny Winner lives out his dream of being a trashy talk show host. Since a young boy Benny Winner dreamed of hosting his own talk show, like his hero's Jerry Springer, Steve Wilkos and Maury. Today, he finally gets that chance.

Julia does a character set to open for her favorite sketch team on earth, Young Douglas

Young Douglas is a fully stocked sketch comedy team that will get you buzzing with laughter. Born at the UCB Theatre, they’ve premiered over 15 all-new shows, leading to features in Vulture, the New York Comedy Festival, and the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival. Cast credits include ABC's FBI, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, The Onion, Just For Laughs, Reductress, and the national tours of Jersey Boys and To Kill A Mockingbird. Composed of Evan Forde Barden, Fallon Boles, Andrea Coleman, Laura Fabius, Dylan Fugel, Devin Gant, Adrienne Ianniciello, Jeffrey Kitt, David Morton, Carly Silverman & Darrow Thomas, they're an 11-headed comedy hydra that goes down smooth.